Torvill & Dean 25th anniversary tour

TORVILL & Dean bring their spectacular Dancing on Ice tour to Manchester for four nights in April, with a quartet of North-west celebrities in tow. Former Hear'Say singer and Dancing on Ice winner Suzanne Shaw, Hollyoaks star Chris Fountain, Emmerdale's Roxanne Pallett and Lancashire lass Jessica Taylor, the former Liberty X star, all appear on the bill for Dancing on Ice: The Bolero 25th Anniversary Tour.

The local celebrities will be joined on the rink by rugby star Kyran Bracken, former Eastenders actor Todd Carty, model Melinda Messenger, X Factor winner Ray Quinn, and ex-Blue Peter presenter Zoe Salmon.

After wowing more than 500,000 people across the country in 2007 and 2008 with stunning ice performances, Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean will embark on their third live UK tour of Dancing on Ice which starts on Thursday 2nd April 2009 in Sheffield and comes to the Manchester Evening News Arena for six shows across four days on April 16, 17, 18 and 19.

This tour will celebrate the 25th anniversary of skating legends Torvill & Dean's Olympic Gold medal win for their stunning Bolero routine at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984.

All of the celebrities will be trained and choreographed by Torvill & Dean, who will also perform several of their favourite routines at each performance.

Olympic gold medal winner Robin Cousins will lead the panel of rink-side judges - also including Karen Barber, Ruthie Henshall and Nicky Slater - who will critique their performances.

There will also be one guest judging seat for each date, organisers are in the process of lining up some very special guests. At each performance the audience will have a chance to vote for their favourite skating celebrity.

Replicating the format of the hit ITV1 show, they will be able to use their mobile phones to text vote for their favourite dancing couple. All profits from text voting will go to charity.